C. Murray Turpin
Charles Murray Turpin (March 4, 1878 – June 4, 1946) was a
Biography
Turpin was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania on March 4, 1878, and attended the Wyoming Seminary in Kingston.[3][4]
He served as a corporal in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War in Company F of the Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard from 1896 to 1901, rising to the rank of captain.[5]
He was employed as a
He served as a member of the board of education from 1916 to 1922, burgess of Kingston from 1922 to 1926, and prothonotary of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania from 1926 to 1929.[7]
Turpin was elected as a Republican to the
He was appointed assistant chief clerk of the Luzerne County Assessor's Office in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[10]
Death and interment
Turpin died in Kingston and is buried in Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort, Pennsylvania.[11][12]
References
- ^ "Turpin, Charles Murray" (T000433), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, retrieved online February 10, 2008.
- ^ "Turpin, Charles Murray." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, May 10, 2022.
- ^ "Turpin, Charles Murray," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Turpin, Charles Murray," The Political Graveyard.
- ^ "Turpin, Charles Murray," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Turpin, Charles Murray," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Turpin, Charles Murray," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Turpin, Charles Murray," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Turpin, Charles Murray," The Political Graveyard.
- ^ "Turpin, Charles Murray," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Turpin, Charles Murray," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Turpin, Charles Murray," The Political Graveyard.